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#1 ·
I'm looking at adding a light bar to my 1800C, but I have some concerns about the power consumption. I know the VTX doesn't crank out the amps like other bikes. Has anyone had any issues adding a light bar?
 
#2 ·
Adding a light bar should be fine from a power consumption point of view. The bigger issue is to make sure that whatever wire you use in the headlight bucket is used as a trigger to turn on a relay and that the power for the bar come directly from the battery or from a power distribution block. The key is to make sure the power tot the light bar does NOT pass through the start button. There are three good choices for trigger wire in the headlight. One allows the light bar to be on only with high beams, one only with low beams, and the white/blue wire allows the light bar to be on all the time.
 
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